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4v3 to 6v5 CONTINUOUS TRAINING ACTIVITY

by swans05, posted in Training Drills

This is a continuous training activity that has 3 layers for each team with each layer starting immediately after the one preceding it. Players must be quick to transition through roles, positioning and mindset while maintaining communication and concentration through 6 different phases of play Each layer has 2 phases of play as each team...

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TRANSFORM YOUR COACHING WITH CHRISTIAN LAVERS/DOUG LEMOV PART 2

by swans05, posted in Training Programs

This is the 2nd part of a 2 part post of notes from an article/video posted by Doug Lemov, about a video of soccer coach Christian Lavers. I went to coaching immediately after reading/watching this and with it fresh in my mind put some of it into action – especially the part on maintaining the...

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TRANSFORM YOUR COACHING WITH CHRISTIAN LAVERS/DOUG LEMOV PART 1

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

This 2 part post are notes from an article/video posted by Doug Lemov, someone who I’m pretty sure I’ve posted about before, about a video of soccer coach Christian Lavers, who I don’t really know anything about at all! Suffice to say that after reading and watching this piece I now know that he is...

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3v3 to 6v6 TRAINING GAME

by swans05, posted in Training Drills

Football is full of transition plays from offense to defense and from congestion to space. If you train in only open spaces then you’ll be subpar in congestion. If you only train in congestion you’ll struggle to spread and find space once you win the ball. This game adds all these elements into the 1...

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GAME/TRAINING SCENARIOS – SWITCHING TO SPACE v PLAYER

by swans05, posted in Game/Training Scenarios

When switching the play, especially in open play, you don’t always have the time and space to perfectly process, calculate and execute the perfect kick to a teammate and if you do indeed try to in these situations, it can quite often result in a turnover when there is a much simpler way to execute...

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TRANSITION OFFENSE TACTICS

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

Intercept marking players are a premium in the AFL ranks and are probably even held in higher regard in local footy with more kicks being long to contested area’s compared to the AFL. It’s 1 thing to be able to take manufacture and take intercept marks through your defensive side of the game but games...

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STUDY WEEK – PRACTICE DESIGN PART 2

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

Part 2 of this cracker of a study on developing challenge-based practice design in sports coaching. High challenge can about unexpected rewards/close misses which can engage the learner Small changes for small periods of time can keep motivation high while balancing the benefits of errors for learning against their costs in motivation Performance errors can...

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STUDY WEEK – PRACTICE DESIGN PART 1

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

This is a bloody long one so it will take 2 posts to cover but as always lot of points to get the coaching-thinking juices flowing and they can also be immediately implemented in your own coaching sessions. There are 3 types of practice x practice to learn, practice to transfer to competition and practice...

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NEW TRAINING ACTIVITIES PRODUCT – BLACK FRIDAY SALE!!

by swans05, posted in Training/Coaching Articles

“Training Activities for Current Football Practices” is a stand-alone product that uses training activities that have far more game representation, learning opportunities and transfer to games, then traditional and outdated cone to cone drills that a lot of coaches still use. To ease product navigation I have categorised each training activity of which there are over...

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